Nigerian Armed Forces Latest News

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Committee of Chiefs of Defence Staff, on Wednesday, June 19, appointed Nigeria Chief of Defence Staff, General Abayomi Olonisakin as the new chairman of the committee.

According to a statement from Nigerian Air Force spokesman, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, the operation which took place at dawn on Sunday, June 16, was executed based on credible human intelligence.

The 2019 Security Leadership Summit which is scheduled to hold from Wednesday, June 19 to Friday, June 21, for all security agencies and service chiefs across Nigeria have been postponed.

In continuation of its sustained air strikes against terrorists’ targets in Borno state, the Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation Lafiya Dole has severely degraded another Boko Haram terrorists hideout in the Sambisa forest.

Yan ta’addan Boko Haram sun kai mamaya wani sansanin sojin Najeriya a yankin arewa maso gabashin kasar inda suka kashe akalla kwamandan soji, inda sauran sojojin suka tsare, wasu majiyoyin tsaro na yan Najeriya biyu suka bayyana.

Taking place between Wednesday, June 19, and Thursday, June 20, the summit will also focus on strategies to encourage strengthen collaboration between security agencies in Nigeria and Africa at large.